Read time: 3 minutes · Setup time: under 5

How assistant.bd works,
in 10 screenshots.

Everything from sign-up to your first customer chat. No code shown. Nothing to install.

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Land and sign up

Open assistant.bd and click Get started free. Sign in with email + password or Google — no credit card, no sales call.

Step 1: Land and sign up
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Tell it about your business

The 2-minute wizard opens. Type your business name, a one-line description, and (optionally) your website. Your assistant introduces itself using this name to every visitor.

Takes ~20 seconds. You can change any of this later.

Step 2: Tell it about your business
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Pick what it should handle

Tick every job you want the assistant to do — answer FAQs, capture leads, route to a human, and more. Skills are modular; toggle them any time from the Assistant page.

Step 3: Pick what it should handle
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Give it a personality

Pick a tone (Friendly / Professional / Playful). Paste anything it should know — hours, pricing, shipping, return policy, FAQs. Choose a fallback for when it can't answer: flag you, collect email, or apologize.

Everything you paste here becomes the assistant's knowledge base. Plain text is fine.

Step 4: Give it a personality
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Install on your website

Copy one line of HTML and paste it before </body>. Works on Shopify, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, or any custom site. A floating chat bubble appears in the bottom-right of every page.

Step 5: Install on your website
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Or just share a link

No website? Share the direct link on Instagram bio, email signature, Facebook page, or WhatsApp status. Anyone who taps it chats with your assistant right in their browser.

Step 6: Or just share a link
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Or print a QR code

Download the QR and print it on flyers, receipts, business cards, table tents, or shop windows. Scanning opens a chat instantly — no app install.

Step 7: Or print a QR code
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This is what your visitor sees

A clean chat window branded as Support. Mobile-friendly. They just type — no login, no form to fill out.

Step 8: This is what your visitor sees
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The AI answers on its own

Within seconds, the assistant replies using the knowledge you pasted plus everything about your business. Every conversation is saved.

Step 9: The AI answers on its own
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Your inbox — take over any chat

Open the Inbox to see every conversation, live. Click Take over to jump in as a human at any moment — the visitor sees a green Support agent bubble and knows a real person is helping.

Browser notifications and unread counts alert you the moment a customer is waiting.

Step 10: Your inbox — take over any chat

The full PDF, right here

Same walkthrough as a downloadable PDF — hand it to a colleague, print it, or attach it to an email.

Your turn.

You've seen the whole product. Setting up your own assistant is the same 10 screens — you just fill them with your business.